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Baha’is call for reopening of human rights center in Iran
GENEVA, December 23, 2008 (BWNS)- The Baha’i International Community today expressed grave concern over the closing by the Iranian government of Shirin Ebadi’s Defenders of Human Rights Center in Tehran and called for its reopening.
Offices of Iranian Baha'i leaders' attorney closed down by Iranian authorities
Agence France Presse (AFP) broke (yesterday) the news that Iranian authorities have closed down the offices of the 2003 Nobel Laureate human rights attorney Shirin Ebadi. Shirin Ebadi and her colleagues at the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran are defending the seven jailed national Baha’i leaders but have been denied access to the [...]
UN General Assembly expresses "deep concern" about human rights in Iran
UNITED NATIONS, 18 December 2008 (BWNS) – The United Nations General Assembly today adopted a resolution expressing “deep concern at serious human rights violations” in Iran.
Plight of Baha'i Students in Iran Raised at Harvard University Morning Prayer Service
The Bahá’í representative at Harvard Chaplains gave a short talk for the Morning Prayer Service in late October, in which she was also able to address the situation of Bahá’í students in Iran.
Plight of Baha'i Students in Iran Raised at Harvard University Morning Prayer Service
The Bahá’í representative at Harvard Chaplains gave a short talk for the Morning Prayer Service in late October, in which she was also able to address the situation of Bahá’í students in Iran.
Baha’i musician, Devon Gundry, teamed up with a number of Baha’i artists to produce a devotional music video, "Armed."
Gwen Clayborne, a Baha’i from Glencoe, Ill., was featured recently on the Chicago-based public television program, "30 Good Minutes."
Actor Rainn Wilson spoke recently on "Interfaith Voices," a nationally syndicated public radio program, about balancing his life of faith as a Baha’i with his acting career in Hollywood, where he has developed a penchant for playing loners, oddballs and weirdos.
Baha’is face discrimination in Iran
The University of Minnesota campus newspaper published a column titled “Baha’is face discrimination in Iran”.
The first conferences in the United States in the current series of 41 Baha’i gatherings being held around the world attracted nearly 8,500 people the weekend of Dec. 6-7, in Atlanta, suburban Chicago and Portland, Oregon. Read the full story from the Baha’i World News Service.
More Baha’is detained; 26 currently in prison
Three Baha’is have been arrested in Mazandaran province, one in Ghaemshahr and two in Sari. Their homes were searched and Baha’i materials were confiscated. The arrests occurred on 18 November and 22 November.
Iran Human Rights Documentation Center releases new report on the Baha'is
The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) has released a new report on the situation of the Baha’is in Iran. The report is titled “A Crime Against Humanity: The Islamic Republic’s Attacks on the Baha’is”. Click here to view the IHRDC’s press release.
Muslim students protest Baha’i expelled from Iranian university
26 Muslim students at Goldasht College in Kelardasht, Mazandaran, refused to take their first-term final examinations in protest of the expulsion of a fellow classmate because he is a Baha’i.